Sharing my art with the world. This is my shop blog where I post things pertaining to my etsy shop http://uniqueeuphoria.etsy.com. I specialize in upcycled and recycled art and share gift ideas with my readers here.

Pinterest

LIVE UNIQUE...

PLEASE be respectful of the artist. Our souls are in our work. The art featured here is NOT to be exploited or copied. Each original piece is photographed from the experimental stages to the end product, sealed and copyrighted by dates. Reference to other artists are for the purposes of good publicity and customer discovery. They too make a living from their hearts. Please respect that and enjoy the content for what it is. Sharing and discovery of originality and beauty.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

here we go...

Today has been one of those days. More than one of those days. My puppy, who has been my love for 5 years was hit by a car and killed today. I feel so...heavy. I keep thinking, thank God it wasn't a kid. On the other hand, I am so sad. I pet her before we buried her. She was really tore up, but I pet her anyway until she got cold. I thought I was done and ready to bury her, but I wish she was on my bed as usual so I could hug her. My fat little beagle girl...She was one of my babies too and I'm gonna miss her so much...

I need some cheering up big time, so I want some advice from my readers...

Since it is spring, I will be getting back in my shop again to weld, but while it was cold I started making journals. I really like it, but its really hard to have nice even pages when you make your own. I found where you can buy those composition books for a dollar a piece. I have been just working on nice covers and the overall affect has been more desirable, in my opinion, than the from scratch journals. I am just happier with the pages being even and more professional.

Anyway, here is 2 journals I made. The red one is scraps, but I use heavy fabric stabilizer on everything to make is sturdy and to keep the appliqué nice. The black one is covered in fake leather. The owl is appliquéd on with scraps and decorated with...uh. graphics? OKay, so I'm not exactly thrilled with that one, but its only my third---cut me some slack.

Anyway, my question is, do you think they are sell able? What do you think of an etsy shop selling swap items? You know, just little things to make swaps special-unique bookmarks, small packets and unique envelopes to make simple swaps special like my little mug envelopes that work awesome for coffee, tea/drink swaps that otherwise would be nothing more than a packet of something in an envelope? Of course the price had to be right and maybe have minimum orders for small items? Thats what I'm thinking about right now...

Other than that, I have sent out a few swappies the last couple of weeks. Here is my "seeing green" swap:

I packed some hot chocolate and a chocolate treat in the mug envelope and sent a handmade journal. This is one of my first journals with hand bound pages. I made up some swap cards and a quick little bookmark for my partner...I haven't heard if she got it yet, but I hope she enjoys everything.

This is how I am scattered all over the internet.

About Me

I am a medical language specialist by day, moody, tortured artist by night. To be honest, I would rather play with welders and chop saws any day, but I never could believably pull of the starving artist look. I work from home, play from home, homeschool 3 kids and I will give you a whole dollar if you let me out of this house for 5 damn minutes. I haven't used the bathroom alone for 15 years--ever since my oldest learned to crawl. I love coffee. I love it with a desperation that will render me insane should I continue on about it. I hate shoes, clothes, and mashed potatoes. Evidently I am the only woman in the world that can claim all 3. I love to laugh and am never disappointed by my children when I need one the most. I believe in miracles, God, true love, happiness, freedom. I love the feeling of grass on my bare feet, the smell of fireworks, thunderstorms, playing in the rain, sunflowers, making things, smiling, being loved, truth, and hugs.